A method and a device for cutting gas concrete employing cutting wires (35), whereby, in order to decrease shocks and vibrations, and in order to cut blocks of gas concrete more rapidly and with a finer surface structure, said wires (35) are guided and driven separately from one another in such a way that they are guided in their lengthwise direction relative to a cutting frame (14) and that they ...

This invention is directed to structurally-modified water-soluble polymers prepared by initiating polymerization of an aqueous solution of monomers under free radical polymerization conditions to form a polymer solution and adding at least one structural modifier to the polymer solution after at least 30% polymerization of the monomers has occurred, and to use of the water-soluble cross-linked pol...

Microcellular polyurethane elastomers having sharply reduced or virtually no urea linkages may be prepared without resort to organic physical blowing agents by frothing a frothable mixture containing isocyanate reactive polyols and chain extenders, and a frothable isocyanate component. The isocyanate component is derived by reacting a stoichiometric excess of a di- or polyisocyanate with a polyol ...

The invention provides an isocyanate-reactive composition comprising an amine-initiated polyol, where the amine is an aliphatic amine having a functionality of at least 4, for improving the hydro(fluoro)carbon blowing agent solubility. The invention also provides a process for the manufacture of a rigid polyurethane or urethane-modified polyisocyanurate foam comprising reacting the above compositi...

As shown in FIG. 1, a hairstyle design system comprises an image-processing device 1, an input/output device 2, a graphic system 3, a display device 4, a head-development drawing information-storage device 5, and a hairstyle-design information-storage device 6. In other words, the beautician or the customer designs a desired hairstyle while looking at the display device 4. Information on the desig...

The invention relates to a surface coating oh an interface between a liquid and a solid, which allows the neutralization of charged surfaces in an aqueous solution or the generation of exactly defined surface charges. For this purpose the surface is coated with neutral and/or charged macromolecules, amphiphilic molecules or polymers being suited, individually or combined, to adjust a predetermined...

A system is disclosed for maintaining, accessing, and archiving digital assets. The system integrates file and image management functions with the storage of information about the files and images. In addition to providing access to the graphic assets themselves, the system also associates the assets with other information whereby a user (16) can track completed work and define new projects. Furth...

Injection-molding materials comprised of polycarbonate can be processed into optically isotropic films in a chill roll extrusion method. The optically isotropic films are used as covering films for protecting data carriers (CD-ROMS) from becoming scratched, or they are used as supporting materials for the information layer.

Method for computer processing of a quantity of information which can comprise a large number of parts of information, where each part of information comprises pieces of information, where there is defined a connection between at least a plurality of these parts of information. The computer can display the information graphically with a basis in an initial part and a network relationship with one ...

The invention relates to an easily tearable biaxially oriented polyolefin multilayered film having qualities similar to paper. Said film contains polymer, natural or mineral fibers in at least one layer.

A transaction method, a service center, and a device for carrying out the transaction method. In the transaction method object picture data relating to a transaction object, for example a product or a service, are made visible to a user, for instance by projecting image signals corresponding to the object picture data directly on the retina of the user. Eye features of the user are determined whil...

The invention relates to a control device which is used to control a device arranged in the drive train of a motor vehicle, especially a coupling and/or transmission. According to the invention, a control is carried out to determine, for instance, whether the temperature of the cooling water is higher than a predetermined temperature limit (step 306). If the temperature of the cooling water is hig...

It is possible to do commerce simply between an on-line shop and a customer in one of multiple languages. When a customer makes an access to a shop through a buyer terminal and an electronic shop service institution, a language selection screen (201) is first displayed in multiple languages on the buyer terminal. When the customer selects a country or a district, shop screens (221) after the selec...

Systems and methods of facilitating electronic payment transactions combine electronic coupling of a physical security device (34) to a local computer (32) with an independent agent (60) that stores personal and financial information. A preferred system and method uses a physical key (34) coupled to a local computer through a port on the computer. A USB port can be employed advantageously for this...

An electronic greetings system arranged to transmit electronic greetings, comprising at least one server (12(n), 14(n), 16(n), 18(n); n=1, ..., N) and at least one database (30(n)) storing at least data regarding a plurality of electronic greetings components, the at least one server (12(n), 14(n), 16(n), 18(n); n=1, ..., N) being arranged to: receive a first message from a user to select an elec...

The invention relates to a communication system, especially a community, having an application layer (2), a presentation layer (3) and a data access layer (4), wherein the application layer (2) has a core device(21), several core components (22) and several application components (23). The invention further relates to a communication system having an application layer (2), a presentation layer (3)...

A human resource diagnosis support method and human resource diagnosis support system are provided as including a database functioning section 23 with a storing means that preliminarily stores a limited human resource average value corresponding to an average resulting from a numeric conversion of answers as a result of questioning operations made to a limited number of plural human resources (suc...

The present invention relates to a method and system for providing a real estate mediation and remodeling using a network. The method comprises the steps of receiving a real estate selling request from a seller, receiving a design drawing from at least one architectural designer in accordance with the real estate selling request, receiving a bidding price from at least one subscriber who selects a...